Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 132 / Friday, July 10, 1998 / Notices 37441

1ODOT has acquired the assets subject to these

easements.

2SCRR states its projected revenues as a result of

this transaction will not result in its becoming a

Class II or Class I rail carrier.

Approval of the Agenda; (4)

Introduction of NEXCOM Requirements

Document by the FAA; (5) Working

Group (WG)–2, VHF Data Radio Signalin-Space MASPS, Continue Work on

VDL Mode 3. Wednesday, July 29: (a.m.)

(6) WG–2 Continues; (p.m.) (7) WG–3,

Review of Activities in VHF Digital

Radio MOPS Document Progress and

Furtherance of Work. Thursday, July 30:

(a.m.) (8) Plenary Reconvenes at 9:00

a.m.; (9) Review Summary Minutes of

Previous Plenary of SC–172; (10)

Reports from WG’s 2 & 3 Activities; (11)

Report on AMCP 5 and VDL Activities;

(12) EUROCAE WG–47 Report and

Discussion of Schedule for Further Joint

Meetings with WG–3; (13) Review

Issues List and Address Future Work;

(14) Other Business; (15) Dates and

Places of Next Meetings; (16) WG’s

Continue as Necessary. Friday, July 31:

(17) WG’s Continue as Necessary.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 6, 1998.

Janice L. Peters,

Desiganted Official.

[FR Doc. 98–18391 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33620]

State of Oklahoma by and Through the

Oklahoma Department of

Transportation—Acquisition

Exemption—The Burlington Northern

and Santa Fe Railway Company

The State of Oklahoma, a noncarrier,

by and through the Oklahoma

Department of Transportation (ODOT),

has filed a verified notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire

approximately 124.78 miles of rail line

from The Burlington Northern and

Santa Fe Railway Company. ODOT will

acquire the lines between: (1) between

Oklahoma City, OK (milepost 536.4) and

Sapulpa, OK (milepost 438.9), (2)

between Pawnee Junction, OK (milepost

8.46) and Stillwater, OK (milepost

30.74), and (3) between Midwest City,

OK (milepost 2.9) (EPS 15944+14) and

the end of track (milepost 7.9) (EPS

16204+29).

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after June

19, 1998.

Stillwater Central Railroad, Inc.

(SCRR), a noncarrier, has filed a notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 in

STB Finance Docket No. 33621,

Stillwater Central Railroad, Inc.—Lease

and Operation Exemption—Oklahoma

Department of Transportation, wherein

SCRR seeks to lease and operate the

lines being acquired by ODOT.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33620, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Eric M.

Hocky, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin, & Ewing,

P.C., 213 W. Miner Street, P.O. Box 796,

West Chester, PA 19381–0796.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: July 1, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18453 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33621]

Stillwater Central Railroad, Inc.—Lease

and Operation Exemption—the State of

Oklahoma by and Through the

Oklahoma Department of

Transportation

Stillwater Central Railroad, Inc.

(SCRR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.31 to lease from the State of

Oklahoma by and through the

Oklahoma Department of Transportation

(ODOT) and to operate approximately

124.78 miles of rail line. The rail line is

located in Oklahoma (1) between

Oklahoma City (milepost 536.4) and

Sapulpa (milepost 438.9), (2) between

Pawnee Junction (milepost 8.46) and

Stillwater (milepost 30.74), and (3)

between Midwest City (milepost 2.9)

(EPS 15944+14) and the end of the track

(milepost 7.9) (EPS 16204+29). The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF) currently

operates the line under retained

unconditional freight service

easements.1 Following the acquisition

by ODOT and the lease and operation

transaction by SCRR will become a

Class III rail carrier and BNSF’s

easements and common carrier

authority will terminate.2

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after June

19, 1998.

This transaction is related to two

simultaneously filed notice of

exemptions: (1) STB Finance Docket No.

33619, Richard B. Webb and Susan K.

Lundy—Continuance in Control

Exemption—Stillwater Central Railroad,

Inc., wherein Richard B. Webb and

Susan K. Lundy will continue in control

of SCRR, upon its becoming a Class III

rail carrier, and (2) STB Finance Docket

No. 33620, State of Oklahoma by and

through the Oklahoma Department of

Transportation—Acquisition

Exemption—The Burlington Northern

and Santa Fe Railway Company,

wherein ODOT seeks to acquire the rail

lines owned by BNSF and lease the rail

lines to SCRR to operate.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33621, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Karl Morell,

Esq., BALL JANIK, LLP, 1455 F Street,

N.W., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: July 1, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18457 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P